Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer
Val Edward Kilmer is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret!, then the cult classic Real Genius, as well as the blockbuster action film Top Gunand the swords and sorcery fantasy film Willow...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth31 December 1959
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not just an actor born in L.A.. I was born in the Griffith Park Hospital. You can't get any more clichéd than that.
It is a weird thing that actors have people applaud when they're done working. I still find that entertaining.
It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.
Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.
There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.
The only time it`s ever like work is when you don`t like what you`ve done. I`m very lucky in that I haven`t cultivated fame. Which, from what I`ve seen of my contemporaries, takes an enormous amount of time. I have a lot of respect for people that do it and they`re successful at it ... Especially people that aren`t such talented actors.
I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.
Thank you. I would like to say something truthful about Robert. He knows who he is and has a sense of humor about it. It's a hard business. And to have things happen that are bad and have to go through it with everybody asking you questions about it all day long is tough.
Movies always bring a great physical energy. I was very excited when I got the call.
One out of 100 citizens of the U.S. is going to prison, and it's not that the system is making criminals, it's that it's making criminals better criminals. We're breeding them like rats and it has to change.
Work can be hard sometimes - acting - the arts can be hard sometimes in that way - hard to give yourself that inspiration if you don't have a job.
My children have absolutely no interest in my fame. They're very sophisticated, and they have a spiritual perspective on material things because we go to church.
I don't watch television, but I saw 'The Office' by accident. I thought it was so sophisticated, the Victorian love story, and so bold. We'd do anything, all of us, to not work in that environment, and then I'm sitting there watching hours of it.